Man sentenced in Erie, Millcreek bank robberies

Anthony J. Herrmann was sentenced this morning to serve one to five years in state prison for each of the four bank robberies he confessed to committing in Erie and Millcreek Township in November.

Herrmann, 34, was also sentenced by Erie County Judge John Garhart to serve an additional two to four years in prison for violating his probation in another criminal case from 2009, pushing his total sentence to six to 24 years.

Garhart also ordered Herrmann to pay restitution totaling $5,370 and a $717 laboratory fee related to the bank robbery investigations.

Herrmann was charged with robbing an ErieBank branch at West 10th and Peach streets on Nov. 8; a First National Bank at 1424 E. Grandview Blvd. in Erie on Nov. 8; a PNC Bank at Peach Street and West Gore Road in Millcreek Township on Nov. 9; and a Northwest Savings Bank on Pittsburgh Avenue in Millcreek on Nov. 10.